'Evaporation' definitions:

Definition of 'evaporation'

From: WordNet
noun
The process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation]
noun
The process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation]

Definition of 'Evaporation'

From: GCIDE
  • Evaporation \E*vap`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F. ['e]vaporation.]
  • 1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is evaporated; vapor. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Steam Engine) See Vaporization. [1913 Webster]